Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 190 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Development of Diagnostic Algorithms for Peri-Operative Error Cause and Effect Analysis in Renal Transplant Surgery
P. Gogalniceanu¹, H. Maple¹, G. Papadakis¹, P. Chandak¹, I. Loukopoulos¹, J. Olsburgh¹, N. Kessaris¹, F. Calder¹, N. Sevdalis², N. Mamode¹
¹Guy's and St.Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Peri-operative safety metadata in transplant surgery remain limited. Lack of standardisation and limited models of failure analysis, as well as non-intuitive error taxonomies, deter…
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Better Option for Patients 70 Years or Older
A. Ganoza, A. Duarte-Rojo, V. Gunabushanam, M. Molinari, S. Ganesh, D. Reddy, A. M. Thompson, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The burden of liver diseases in patients of advanced age has risen. Irrespective of its possible causes, older recipients have a higher waitlist mortality…
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Kidney Transplantation in Mentally Challenged Patients; a Single Center Experience
J. Yagan¹, T. S. Mahmoud¹, O. Gheith¹, P. Nair¹, T. Alotaibi²
¹Nephrology, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait, Kuwait, ²Pathology, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait, Kuwait
*Purpose: Kidney transplant is the best choice of treatment for patients with end stage kidney disease. There are medical conditions that may pose an ethical…
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Myeloid Molecular Signature of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Human Liver Transplantation
R. A. Sosa¹, R. Ahn², A. Terry¹, Z. Qian², F. Li¹, S. Sen¹, T. Ito³, B. V. Naini¹, F. Kaldas³, A. Hoffmann², R. W. Busuttil³, D. W. Gjertson¹, J. Kupiec-Weglinski³, E. F. Reed¹
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is well-appreciated as a significant clinical concern for recipients of liver transplantation, yet there are still no diagnostic or therapeutic…
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Assessing Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) of Mycophenolate (MCP) Prescriptions in Post Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes
K. Sandlin¹, T. Sam¹, N. Wilson¹, A. Yango², B. Fischbach³, A. Dao¹
¹Pharmacy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Fort Worth, TX, ³Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Nonadherence to medications following KT is a risk factor for adverse outcomes. PDC is an objective measure of adherence obtained through retail prescription records…
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Kidney Allocation System Promotes Racial Equality Not Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
C. Killian¹, B. Shelton¹, P. MacLennan¹, M. McLeod¹, A. Carter¹, R. Reed¹, H. Qu¹, B. Orandi¹, V. Kumar¹, D. Sawinski², J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY
*Purpose: While the 2014 Kidney Allocation System (KAS) reduced deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) racial disparities, candidates’ community-level vulnerability has not been considered. The purpose…
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A Prospective Randomised, Controlled Trial Switching Sirolimus For Mycophenolate To Enhance Immunological Responses To Third Dose Covid-19 Vaccination In Kidney Transplant Recipients With Poor Baseline Humoral Immunity
M. J. Tunbridge¹, G. Perkins², T. Salehi¹, B. Grubor-Bauk³, B. Sim¹, T. Ying⁴, J. J. Singer⁵, S. C. Barry⁶, P. Hissaria⁷, S. Chadban⁸, P. T. Coates¹
¹Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplant Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ²School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³Basil Hetzel Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴University of Sydney, Lilyfield, Ne, Australia, ⁵Kidney Node Laboratory, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, Australia, ⁶School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Department of Immunology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁸Department of Nephrology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) have inadequate responses to 2-dose COVID vaccination schedules and are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. Formation of T cell…
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Trends in Donor Derived Cell Free DNA Before and After Cellular and Antibody Mediated Rejection
K. Guo¹, J. Friedewald¹, C. Rebello¹, B. Kinsella¹, S. Park², L. Zhao¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The TRAC dd-cfDNA test was developed to detect acute kidney transplant rejection but can also detect subclinical rejection with improved performance in antibody-mediated rejection…
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Month 1 Donor Derived Cell Free DNA Levels Predict Future Kidney Transplant Rejection
B. M. Kinsella¹, K. Guo¹, C. Rebello¹, L. Zhao¹, S. Park², J. Friedewald¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) can be used one-month post-transplant to predict later allograft rejection.*Methods: Retrospective…
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Long-Term Kidney Allotransplant Acceptance is Defined by a Shift from a T Cell to a B Cell Rich Immune Microenvironment Within the Graft
E. S. Szuter¹, T. Yokose¹, M. T. Guinn¹, J. Ge², I. Rosales³, B. Kwon⁴, P. S. Russell¹, A. Cuenca², D. Kreisel⁵, P. Sage⁶, J. C. Madsen¹, R. B. Colvin³, A. Alessandrini¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Mouse kidney allografts are spontaneously accepted in select, fully-mismatched donor-recipient strain combinations, such as DBA/2J to C57BL/6 (B6). Tolerant renal grafts develop aggregates of…